Marionette Dancing

Suggested Grades

K-3

Objective

Students will examine and perform movements of different parts of their body. This is a good activity to use for warming up, encouraging balance, and the examination of the space around for safe movement.

Method

Explain to students that marionettes are a type of puppet that have strings attached to different parts of their bodies. The puppets move by the puppeteer pulling on the strings.

Ask students to pretend that they are marionettes.

Call out one body part and a direction (eg: arm, up) at a time and have the students move as though the string attached to the body part is being pulled in the direction called out.

Call out directions that would encourage students to practice their balance, as well as their use of the space around them.